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The Dragon's Village: An Autobiographical Novel of Revolutionary China
Seventeen-year-old Ling-ling joins a revolutionary theater group carrying out reforms in the Chinese countryside in 1949 and amid tumultous events, she grows toward maturity.
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
May 28th 1981
by Penguin Books
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There is a minor industry in accounts of the Cultural Revolution, but this is the first novelistic account I have seen of the heady days of land reform just after the 1949-50 victory of the Chinese Communists. The author's foreword states that she participated in the land reform and that "the story is fiction, but it is true." She immigrated to the United States, so I expected something of an expose, but no, there is the usual comedy of city-dwellers sent to the countryside to tell pe...more
Ling Ling lives a life of privilege in China. She lives with her aunt and uncle, who throw parties for the wealthy and powerful set. All around them, they hear that the good life is coming to an end for people like them, that Communism is sweeping the country, and that things will never be the same.
Ling Ling gets swept up into the excitement. When a friend from school asks if she can hide from the police for the night, she says yes, and suddenly she's questioning her upbringing and b...more
Ling Ling gets swept up into the excitement. When a friend from school asks if she can hide from the police for the night, she says yes, and suddenly she's questioning her upbringing and b...more
I read this book for a women's history class in college, and really enjoyed it. I thought it was an interesting perspective on history that I had never seen before. I'm surprised this book has been rated so poorly on Goodreads.
An interesting little read about the re-distribution of land in China. The author was there and part of the brigades of young people who gave up, sometimes lavish lifestyles, to live in solidarity with the folks in the countryside.
A pretty easy and interesting read.
A pretty easy and interesting read.
I couldn't even get through the entire book. I thought it was terrible. The beginning didn't grab my interest, and trying to continue along the story was painful.
had to read it for a college civilization class. i didn't finish it. i might read it again. we'll see.
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